It's commonly accepted that plugins slow down your WordPress install dramatically. They add extra resources, extra database calls, and lots of extra functionality - all of which adds to your loading time and slows down your site. I've always wanted to test out exactly...
While we were building our new site, we noticed that the site got slower and slower as we added the necessary functionality. This is a common problem with Wordpress because the more you tap into it's true potential and begin adding plugins, custom post types, page...
Page performance is a big issue these days as websites become more and more graphic laden and we're faced with having to deal with retina images (can be up to 4X larger size). The longer a page takes to load, the less likely people are to stay on the site or even come...
Google has a feature on Chrome that pre-renders the first result on Google's search results before the user clicks on the page, meaning that the load tiem is virtually instantaneous. This makes a big difference for the user experience because loading time is like...